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Red Scare- Harry Truman to Dwight Eisenhower
The Red Scare was people's fear of the spread of communism. People didn't like it and were scared because it could rise up communism. -
Harry Truman becomes president
Presidential Term: April 12,1945 - January 20, 1953
33rd United States President -
United Nations - Harry Truman
The United Nations was formed near the end of world war II. Its purpose was to prevent future wars. -
Truman Doctrine -Harry Truman
The Truman Doctrine was a United States pledge to resist the spread of communism worldwide. It also aided Turkey and Greece. -
Marshall Plan- Harry Truman
The Marshall Plan provided assistance to European countries destroyed by the war in an attempt to prevent the spread of communism. -
NATO- Harry Truman
NATO was formed to provide a defense alliance to protect Western Europe against an invasion by the Soviet Union. -
McCarthyism- Harry Truman
McCarthyism is the practice of making false accusations with no evidence. McCarthyism was created because the fear of communism and threat of the Cold War -
Korean War- Harry Truman
June 25, 1950- June 27, 1953
The United States became involved in the Korean War in 1950 when communist North Korea invaded South Korea. China entered the conflict on the side of North Korea. A truce was signed in 1953 and Korea remained divided along the 38th parallel. -
Dwight Eisenhower becomes president
Presidential Term: January 20,1953- January 20, 1961
34th president of the United states -
Vietnam War- Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon
Eisenhower sent a American Military to Vietnam to build a army. Kennedy helped aid military advisers for the south vietnamese -
John F. Kennedy becomes president
Presidential Term: January 20, 1961- November 22, 1963
John F. Kennedy is the 35th President -
Bay of Pigs Invasion- John F. Kennedy
April 17, 1961- April 19, 1961
The government tried to take Fidel Castro's powers but it didn't work and the U.S. ended up launching a strike. -
Cuban Missile Crisis- John F. Kennnedy
October 16, 1962- October 28,1962
The Cuban missile crisis was a 13 day standoff. The U.S. protested and for several days the world worried that a nuclear war would erupt. This invasion failed. -
Lyndon B. Johnson becomes president
Presidential Term: November 22, 1963- January 20, 1969
36th president -
Kennedy's Assassination- Kennedy
John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963. He was riding in a motorcade with his wife through Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas -
Richard Nixon becomes president
Presidential Term: January 20, 1969- August 9, 1974
37th president -
Ronald Raegan becomes president
Presidential Term: January 20, 1981- January 20, 1989
40th president -
George H. W. Bush becomes president
Presidential Term: January 20, 1989- January 20, 1993
41st president -
Fall of communism in Eastern Europe- Ronald Reagan
The Fall of Communism in Eastern Europe happened when the Soviet Union were told to tear down the Berlin Wall by Ronald Reagan. -
Persian Gulf War- George H.W. Bush
Persian Gulf War is where Iraq invades Kuwait for oil. There was an assault on Iraq to liberate Kuwait from Iraqi control on January 17th 1991 and it was called operation Desert Storm. -
Collapase of the Soviet Union-Ronald Reagan
This was when the Soviet Union separated into 15 countries. When Europe got a victory of freedom and totalitarianism the soviet union collapsed. -
William Clinton becomes president
Presidential Term: January 20, 1993- January 20, 2001
42nd president -
NAFTA- William Clinton
NAFTA opens the U.S. , Canada, and Mexico up to free trade. NAFTA eliminated most of the tariffs on trade. -
George W. Bush becomes president
Presidential Term: January 20, 2001- January 20, 2009
43rd president
During his presidency was the 9/11 terrorist attack, war in Afghanistan and the war in Iraq. -
September 11 terrorist attack- George W. Bush
On 9/11 there were 4 Islamic planes that attacked the twin towers. 2 planes hit the twin towers in New York, 1 hit outside the Pentagon and the fourth one crashed in Pennsylvania. -
War in Iraq- George W. Bush
March 20, 2003- December 18, 2011
War between Middle Eastern Countries. This war was marked by a missile attack because they used chemical weapons. -
War in Afghanistan- George W. Bush
The war in Afghanistan was a effect of the 9/11 attack.
The U.S had a strategy to defeat Taliban's military.
